In this module, we integrated phenotypic data from multiple sources, such as The Octocoral Trait Database, Marine Species Traits from WoRMS and The Pelagic Species Trait Database.
| Class | Species | Trait Name | Trait Type | Value | Trait Unit | Region | Latitude | Longitude | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Ocean basin | Geographical | 10 | cat | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Ocean basin | Geographical | 10 | cat | Global estimate | - | - | Extracted from OBIS_Accessed in November_2023 |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Coloniality | Morphological | 10 | cat | Global estimate | - | - | Species-specific trait value inherited from Class Octocorallia |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Growth form | Morphological | 10 | cat | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Growth form_ basic | Morphological | 10 | cat | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Growth form_detailed | Morphological | 10 | cat | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Number of tentacles per polyp | Morphological | 6 | units | Global estimate | - | - | Species-specific trait value inherited from Class Octocorallia |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Polyp dimorphism | Morphological | 2 | bin | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Polyp dimorphism | Morphological | 2 | bin | Global estimate | - | - | Species-specific value inherited from genus level |
| Octocorallia | Zignisis alternata | Polyp retractability | Morphological | 2 | bin | Global estimate | - | - | Trait value derived from Fabricius and Alderslade (2001) textual descriptions, mostly made at the genus level |